My neighbour’s a genius after figuring out a clever paddling pool trick to ensure the water always stays clean

A WOMAN has called her neighbour a “genius” after she came up with a way to ensure the water in her paddling pool always stays clean.

She took to Mumsnet to reveal the clever hack, writing: “Our neighbours, like us, have their paddling pool out.

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There’s nothing worse than filling up a paddling pool, only for it to be filled with bugs, grass and leaves within hours[/caption]

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But one mum has come up with a brilliant way to keep the pool water clean – by using a fish tank filter[/caption]

“I was talking to the mum and saying how much I hate emptying, cleaning and refilling ours.

“It’s such a waste of water every few days, and that is with a small pool the kids have to wash their feet off in before they get in the pool.”

The neighbour then said that they “only do theirs once a week”, and “use a huge capacity fish tank filter to keep theirs clean”.

“I can’t decide if that’s genius or madness!” she concluded.

But people in the comments section insisted it was the former, with one writing: “Genius! Does it work?”

“I just bung a bit of Milton fluid in ours,” another parent wrote.

During the heatwave, people have been taking to social media to reveal their tips and tricks for keeping their paddling pools clean.

TikToker Nicola Lewis, known as ‘thisgirlcanorganise’, took to the social media platform to share her “Paddling pool tips for the summer holidays”.

“Start off by using a net to collect any dead grass and bugs,” she began.

“Once a week I use testing strips to check if the water is safe and hygienic.

“And if I need to add any chemicals then I just plop them in – add the correct chemicals such as chlorine, alkaline and ph, on a weekly basis to keep the water clean and safe.”

She concluded her tips by revealing she puts a double fitted sheet over the top of the paddling pool at the end of the day “to prevent moths and bugs floating into your pool”.